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Budget: A list of
‘principles’ released
to guide decisions
of these ideas, they nonethe-
less represent an encouraging
starting point in a broader con-
Johnson involved
The legislators are: Sen. versation,” McLane said in a
Jackie Winters, R-Salem; statement. “The bottom line
Rep. Greg Smith, R-Hep- is Oregon’s state government
pner; Rep. Nancy Nathanson, must have structural spending
D-Eugene; and Sen. Betsy reform to meet our commit-
Johnson, D-Scappoose.
ments in the long term.”
Patrick Criteser, chair of
Those ideas include issu-
ing bonds only for larger proj- the Oregon Business Plan —
ects so as to cut debt costs, and a coalition of business leaders
increasing current and future and a prominent voice weigh-
employees’ share of retire- ing on state public finance —
said the ideas proposed Friday
ment costs.
“These are sort of the core were an indication legisla-
of what we think it would tors are “looking seriously” at
take to start to do some of the ways to address the state’s
things to bend the cost curve budget for the long haul.
“We know addressing
over the long term,” Devlin
said, noting the list was not these costs will not be easy,”
Criteser said in a prepared
exhaustive or all-inclusive.
statement, “and
The
group
this memorandum
also proposed two
shows that legisla-
immediate steps
tors are prepared to
to take to address
have hard conver-
the
upcoming
sations about the
two-year budget
state’s structural
— freeze hiring
spending issues,
of “nonessential”
including the need
state positions and
to rein in the costs
stop automatically
of the public sector
granting
infla-
Betsy Johnson
healthcare benefits
tionary increases
and making sure
for services and
that the public pension system
supplies.
Legislators also released is secure for all employees.”
While it’s been known
a list of “principles” to guide
budget decisions, such as since January how much
requiring analysis of pro- may need to be trimmed from
gram costs on an ongoing areas of the budget more gen-
basis rather than just their ini- erally, a list of proposed cuts
tial costs; and not creating to specific programs released
programs or funds without last week has highlighted the
possible effects of budget
money to pay for them.
Many of the proposed reductions on education and
long-term proposals address services for people with dis-
costs associated with state abilities and the elderly.
employees such as pensions
and health care costs, result-
Hiring freeze
ing in pushback from union
On Thursday, Gov. Kate
groups.
Brown announced a state
government hiring freeze on
each agency until its budget is
Union concern
Service Employees Inter- approved by the Legislature.
national Union 503 Presi- That could leave higher start-
dent Steve Demarest said in ing balances for the upcom-
a statement that the cost-con- ing biennium, which begins
tainment measures presented in July. Her proposal differs
an “effort to scapegoat people from what legislators have
who have dedicated their lives suggested — a hiring freeze
to public service” and called for nonessential employees
for changes to state business for the next two years of the
taxes — another source of budget.
On Friday, a separate work
contention this legislative ses-
sion. Another group of law- group on public safety spend-
makers is evaluating possible ing also presented propos-
adjustments to the state’s rev- als focused on measures to
restrain growth of the state’s
enue system.
“We’re doing this not prison population. Early esti-
because we think that this mates from the Legislative
is solely an issue for pub- Fiscal Office indicate the state
lic employees,” Devlin said. could save at least $19.7 mil-
“Obviously I do believe that lion of general fund money in
public employees should be the upcoming budget cycle by
making certain changes, such
compensated justly.”
House Minority Leader as extending the duration of
Mike McLane, R-Powell a program that allows certain
Butte, said after the proposals prisoners to be released early
were announced Friday that in favor of community-based
the ideas represented a “start- supervision.
The Capital Bureau is a
ing point.”
“While House Republi- collaboration between EO
cans have questions about the Media Group and Pamplin
implementation and durability Media Group.
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WORLD IN BRIEF
Associated Press
As budget deadline looms, Trump
pushes border wall funding
WASHINGTON— With a budget deadline looming, President
Donald Trump plans a whirlwind of activities seeking to highlight
accomplishments while putting fresh pressure on congressional
Democrats to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, even if
that pressure risks a possible government shutdown.
Trump approaches the symbolic 100-day mark for his admin-
istration this coming week juggling a renewed health care push
and his demands that a must-pass government funding bill should
include money for the wall.
In a tweet Sunday, Trump jabbed at Democrats, who vigorously
oppose wall funding. “The Democrats don’t want money from
budget going to border wall despite the fact that it will stop drugs
and very bad MS 13 gang members.”
He added: “Eventually, but at a later date so we can get started
early, Mexico will be paying, in some form, for the badly needed
border wall.”
The 100-day mark falls on Saturday, the same day government
could shut down without a budget deal. Trump has announced a
rally in Pennsylvania that day.
French vote for Macron, Le Pen
shuts out mainstream politics
PARIS — French voters shut out the country’s political main-
stream from the presidency for the first time in the country’s mod-
ern history, and today found themselves being courted across the
spectrum for the runoff election.
The May 7 runoff will be between the populist Marine Le Pen
and centrist Emmanuel Macron, and French politicians on the
moderate left and right immediately urged voters to block Le Pen’s
path to power.
The defeated far-left candidate, Jean-Luc Melenchon, pointedly
refused to do the same, and Le Pen’s National Front is hoping to do
the once unthinkable and peel away voters historically opposed to
a party long tainted by racism and anti-Semitism.
“The voters who voted for Mr. Melenchon are angry voters.
They can be in agreement with us,” said Steeve Brios, a vice pres-
ident of Le Pen’s National Front party. He said they express a
choice “outside the system.”
Choosing inside the system is no longer an option for French
voters, who rejected the two mainstream parties that have alter-
nated power for decades in favor of Le Pen and the untested
Macron, who has never held elected office and who founded his
own political movement just last year. Turnout was 78 percent.
South Korea, allies brace for
North Korea follow-up act
SEOUL, South Korea— North Korea marks the founding
anniversary of its military on Tuesday, and South Korea and its
allies are bracing for the possibility that it could conduct another
nuclear test or launch an intercontinental ballistic missile for the
first time.
North Korea often marks significant dates by displaying its mil-
itary capability. It so far has carried out five nuclear tests.
Such a move could test the developing North Korea policies
of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has reportedly settled on a
strategy that emphasizes increased pressure on North Korea with
the help of China, the North’s only major ally, instead of military
options or trying to overthrow North Korea’s government.
Trump spoke by phone with both the Japanese and Chinese
leaders today. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV quoted President
Xi Jinping as telling Trump that China strongly opposes North
Korea’s nuclear weapons program and hopes “all parties will exer-
cise restraint and avoid aggravating the situation.”
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Trump agreed to urge
North Korea to refrain from what Abe called provocative actions.
“The North Korean nuclear and missile problem is an extremely
serious security threat to not only the international community
but also our country,” the Japanese leader told reporters in Tokyo
afterward.
US Defense Sec’y Mattis in
Afghanistan to discuss war needs
KABUL, Afghanistan— U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis
arrived unannounced in Afghanistan today to assess America’s lon-
gest war as the Trump administration weighs sending more troops.
Kabul was the final stop on a six-nation, weeklong tour Mat-
tis said was intended to bolster relations with allies and partners
and to get an update on the stalemated conflict in Afghanistan. He
is the first member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to visit
Afghanistan.
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Workers dismantle the Liberty Place monument today,
which commemorates whites who tried to topple a bira-
cial post-Civil War government, in New Orleans. It was re-
moved overnight in an attempt to avoid disruption from
supporters who want the monuments to stay.
Gen. John Nicholson, the top American commander in Kabul,
recently told Congress that he needs a few thousand more troops
to keep Afghan security forces on track to eventually handling the
Taliban insurgency on their own.
As part of the administration’s review of Afghan policy,
Trump’s national security adviser, Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMas-
ter, visited Kabul last week to consult with Nicholson and with
Afghan officials.
McMaster said in a TV interview after returning to Washing-
ton that the U.S. in recent years has scaled back its military effort
against the Taliban. “Our enemy sensed that and they have redou-
bled their efforts, and it’s time for us, alongside our Afghan part-
ners, to respond,” he said.
APNewsBreak: New Orleans to
take down Confederate statues
Workers in New Orleans began removing the first of four prom-
inent Confederate monuments early today, the latest Southern insti-
tution to sever itself from symbols viewed by many as a representa-
tion racism and white supremacy.
Trucks arrived to begin removing the first memorial, one that
commemorates whites who tried to topple a biracial post-Civil War
government in New Orleans, around 1:25 a.m. in an attempt to
avoid disruption from supporters who want the monuments to stay,
some of whom city officials said have made death threats.
Workers who were inspecting the statue ahead of its removal
could be seen wearing flak jackets and helmets. Police officers
watched the area from atop the parking garage of a nearby hotel.
Three other statues to Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and
P.G.T. Beauregard and Confederate States of America President
Jefferson Davis will be removed in later days now that legal chal-
lenges have been overcome.
“There’s a better way to use the property these monuments are
on and a way that better reflects who we are,” New Orleans Mayor
Mitch Landrieu said in an interview Sunday with The Associated
Press.
Jewish war veterans bemoan
stalling of Israel’s WWII museum
LATRUN, Israel— Two years after Israel’s prime minister
vowed to complete the establishment of a museum honoring Jew-
ish World War II veterans, funds have dried up and an abandoned
construction site is all that remains of the grand project.
The story of the 1.5 million Jews who fought the Nazis
— and the 250,000 who died in battle — has long been lost in
Israel amid the larger tragedy of the Holocaust and the Nazi
genocide of Europe’s Jews. The museum aims to rectify that over-
sight, but the remaining warriors, thought to number no more than
5,000, worry they won’t live long enough to see it materialize
and accuse the government of stalling because of petty political
considerations.
“The picture is not complete if we don’t understand that together
with the 6 million victims, the Jewish people also had a decisive
role in defeating the Nazis,” said Yitzhak Arad, a 90-year-old for-
mer Soviet partisan fighter who blew up 16 German supply trains
as a teenager during the war. “I hope to see this museum before I
leave this world and that is the wish of the fighters who are still
alive.”
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